IS NOTHING SACRED
by Rushdie, Salman
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
[London]: Granta, 1990.. 16pp. Printed stiff wrapper. Tiny dark fleck on upper wrapper, otherwise fine. First edition of the text of Rushdie's February 1990 Herbert Read Memorial Lecture, signed by him on the title leaf. Harold Pinter delivered the address on Rushdie's behalf.
Synopsis
Is Nothing Sacred? (Herbert Read Memorial Lecture Feb 6 1990) is an essay on the spirit and the sacred by Salman Rushdie. In this lecture, he examines the importance of language and literature in our materialistic and rational culture.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT88518
- Title
- IS NOTHING SACRED
- Author
- Rushdie, Salman
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Granta
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- 1990.
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William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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